Chinese Character 壓 Meanings and components.

Form

壓

Meaning

壓 meaning[3] in English

To Press.

To Push Down.

To Keep Under (Control).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 壓 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to loathe (厭) , and Tu (ethnic group) (土)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with MKG

How to write 壓

To write壓ya1to press you should write a combination of 厭yan4to loathe , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吕 shape:

厭 + 土 = 壓

壓 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 壓 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 壓, looks as follow:

壓
Pinyin:ya1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Press . To Push Down . To Keep Under (Control) . Pressure
厭
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Loathe
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
猒
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吅
冐
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 冒[Mao4]
冃
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 帽[Mao4] . Hat . Cap
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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